[1106] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: So That's Your Price?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phife)
Wed Mar 13 13:35:11 2002
Message-ID: <200203131833.NAA03732@nerd-xing.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 13:33:41 -0500
From: Phife <aca3@MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 13 Mar 2002 02:42:00 EST."
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Eyo, Kelly Zimmerman broke it down like this:
>And I'm so impressed by all of you that can be bought for $10-- Mazel tov
>on that refund you expect to get from the $37,000 a year you pay to attend
>this school. You realize that what a decent president could do with that
>money is probably worth a whole lot more to you than $10? There are so many
>things you don't even know about that the UA can do to improve the school
...
soph.o.mor.ic \.sa:f-*-'mo-r-ik, -'mo.r-, -'ma:r-\ aj 1: of, relating to,
or characteristic of a sophomore 2: conceited and overconfident of
knowledge but poorly informed and immature
>gratification, too. I thought toddlers already knew how to look past the
>small immediate rewards to look at the big picture.
soph.o.mor.ic \.sa:f-*-'mo-r-ik, -'mo.r-, -'ma:r-\ aj 1: of, relating to,
or characteristic of a sophomore 2: conceited and overconfident of
knowledge but poorly informed and immature
>Do those of you that vote in the election know about the position? Do you
>know what a person in that position can do? Do you know what they have done?
soph.o.mor.ic \.sa:f-*-'mo-r-ik, -'mo.r-, -'ma:r-\ aj 1: of, relating to,
or characteristic of a sophomore 2: conceited and overconfident of
knowledge but poorly informed and immature
>At least those of you who are apathetic enough to throw a vote like that
>can consider the rest of the students in this school (yes, there are
>others) who actually would like to reap the benefits of a strong president?
Do you not understand the way elections work? Allow me to assume your
arrogant tone and ramble on and on about majority and voice of the
people, etc., etc.
>Great, so you use evidence that so few people vote-- but it's not always
>because they don't care!
They must be unable.
>At least those people who don't vote have the
>decency to stay out of meddling in business they know little to nothing about.
soph.o.mor.ic \.sa:f-*-'mo-r-ik, -'mo.r-, -'ma:r-\ aj 1: of, relating to,
or characteristic of a sophomore 2: conceited and overconfident of
knowledge but poorly informed and immature
>OK, for all I know, Rhett could be a strong president... But what's he
>planning on doing in office? Does ANYONE know?? How about those of you that
>voted-- do you have ANY idea?
Um, yes.
Like several others, Kelly has helped me make up my mind to vote for
Rhett. And for free at that. With Jeremy's pledge, Rhett's now covered
to voter 502. Damn, it'll be funny if Kelly is the force that ensures
Rhett's victory by being
soph.o.mor.ic \.sa:f-*-'mo-r-ik, -'mo.r-, -'ma:r-\ aj 1: of, relating to,
or characteristic of a sophomore 2: conceited and overconfident of
knowledge but poorly informed and immature
->Propogation Delay
P.S. Really, it's gonna be funny.
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